Description

We provide high-quality Tanzania rice to the local and export markets. We source the raw fresh Tanzania rice from family growers in Tanzania.

Rice in Tanzania represents the second staple regarding cultivated land in the country. Only maize has more acreage than this cereal. The nation has about 681,000 hectares under the crop. This is roughly 18 percent of all land devoted to farming. Though the yields per hectare at 1 to 1.5 tons are low, the commodity still enjoys wide appeal across the population. The Swahili name for the crop is mchele, and it is the source of some of the most cosmopolitan menus especially at the coast including wali and pilau. The country has a significant regional market worth $500 million in Rwanda and Kenya but has not fully exploited this open market.

We harvest Tanzania rice when it has been in the paddy fields for 3-and-a-half months. This is true of the early maturing type. The late maturing cultivar requires about five months before harvesting.  We hand-pick the rice using sickles which pry out the plants from the ground. We cut the chaff with knives. This is succeeded by the delivery of the raw chaff to a shaded area for threshing the grains off the pods.